Ok, so… Let me recap this again: the manual with steps to follow, the colours with a legend to refer to, me walking you through each what-if scenario you came up with, and your willingness to cut from chaotic scrambling at the event kick-off the…
Funny how the Internet broke as much on Leonardo di Caprio’s Oscar as it did on working for free on Leap Day (unsure how Ennio Morricone’s award got a little less attention though). So much noise for celebrating the value attributed to the performance of a professional by…
Crossing the border had never been an issue ever since I had become a Canuck (I will pass on some past chapters of being “just” a Frog and being systematically questioned about the purpose of my trip down South), and I thought I was prepared…
The responsibilities of managing the procurement, for goods or services, include one detail that is not taught in school: dealing with a salesperson. This very fact would deserve a book dedicated to the potential customers (i.e. buyers). Being a salesperson is a rather tricky position…
That expression comes from Beau Willimon, one of the geniuses behind House of cards (yes, I confess I am a big fan, and this one is in Season 2, episode 3), and it stroke a chord while negotiating with a service supplier recently. The service…
While many around are banging their head on the wall of resolutions to get healthier, smarter and somewhat leaner, returning from Indonesia has opened my eyes even wider on facts I was unaware of before going. Do not worry, I will spare you all the…
Typical answer from someone unprepared when asked: “how much is the budget for your project?” My interlocutor eventually admitted she needed to check with the general manager. Fair: if I want to start a discussion and understand the magnitude of a project, it is usually…
Ok, so I admit I did not know what that means until this past weekend while attending a party. Whether it is a chosen way of living, a disguised way of suffering in silence and hope, like living vicariously, the Fear Of Missing Out can feel like a…
While watching the news leaves me more and more perplex about how much, when that happens, partisans of opposite ideas, political, social, cultural or economic, get to listen to what “the others” have to say, and why, it sometimes seems fairly similar to what a…
Having drinks in a sunny London patio this weekend (yes, it happens), the conversation turned serious while talking about sport. A friend of mine works for an international recruiting company which, like many in this industry, is starting to feel the pain. The market feels…